Planning - final interview questions

To make sure the questions I had scripted were informative and suitable for the documentary topic, I set up an online questionnaire in which my target audience were able to make written responses to;

http://goo.gl/forms/wM3C4FF4xA

This included two questions about the interview questions I had scripted, one asking which question was the most informative about the documentary and another asking what kind of questions they would ask if they were doing the interview. This screenshot shows the response I got from the target audience research;

 As shown from the screenshot, The most popular questions included What is cosplay?, Why do you cosplay? and What do you get out of cosplaying? these are questions I will definitely be using for the interview. 

The less popular questions voted in the questionnaire that only got 1 or no votes I will reconsider for using in my documentary, and use the questions the target audience came up with as a guide to what other questions I can include to suit their needs.

The questions the target audience came up with are;

- How much does it cost? What do you like the most about cosplaying?

- How did you find out about/get into cosplaying? What's the most challenging aspect of creating a good cosplay?

- What's the most money you've spent on your cosplay?

- do you think there has been a community built around cosplaying? If so, does this allow you to  bond with other idolaters at conventions, etc?

- If you could, would you physically become the cosplay you chose?

- What, in your opinion, is the most useful/required technique for making a good cosplay?

- How long have you been cosplaying?

- How do you find other people to share in this activity?

- What is the appeal of cosplaying? Is it empowering? Is there a communal spirit at comic con events? Do you only do cosplay for events? Why should I be a cosplayer too? What is the world of cosplay like for women, or people with different body types from the character they are portraying? Is there therefore segregation within cosplay events?

- Why did you first start to cosplay, what has inspired you and why do you continue to cosplay now?

- How does cosplay affect you and the people in your life?

- Has cosplaying helped to increase your social circle?

I have gone over these responses and the general response the audience gave was interest in community, technique, appeal, time and money. In particular, out of the questions listed, the ones I personally found most interesting were;

 - What is the world of cosplay like for women or people with different body types from the character they are portraying?
- Is there segregation within cosplay events?
- Is it empowering?
- If you could, would you physically become the cosplay you chose? 

And so, with help from my target audience research, the final questions I will be asking in the interviews are;

- Can you define cosplay?
- Why do you cosplay? 
- Is cost an important factor when it comes to cosplay?
- What techniques and skills do you have when it comes to constructing a costume?
- Has cosplaying affected your social abilities/groups in anyway?
- How does cosplaying at comic con compare in contrast to cosplaying anywhere else?
- How dedicated are you to cosplay in terms on time spent on costumes and attending social gatherings?
- What do you get out of cosplaying and is it empowering?

I have constructed this in a linear order meaning that I will be asking the interviewees questions in this order.